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Christian Influence Upon Science
Danny R. Faulkner Biographical info:
Danny R. Faulkner has a B.S. in math from Bob Jones University, an M.S. in physics from Clemson University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in astronomy from Indiana University. Dr. Faulkner has been on the faculty of the University of South Carolina, Lancaster, since 1986, where he holds the rank of professor and teaches astronomy and physics. His research interests include stellar astronomy, especially binary stars. He has been published in the Astronomical Journal, Astrophysical Journal, the Publication of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the Information Bulletin on Variable Stars.
Creationist
Astronomer
Ph.D. and M.A. in Astronomy, Indiana University
M.S. in Physics from Clemson University
B.S. in Math from Bob Jones University
Professor at the University of South Carolina, Lancaster (physics and astronomy)
Associate Professor of Astronomy at the Institute for Creation Research Graduate School
Published more than two dozen papers in various astronomy and astrophysics journals
Dr. Faulkner's webpage at the University of South Carolina-Lancaster:
http://usclancaster.sc.edu/faculty/faulkner/
Chair, Division of Math, Science, Nursing & Public Health
Professor of Astronomy/Physics
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Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets
This two-part science fiction docu-drama examines the possibilities of a dangerous, manned space mission to explore the inner and outer planets of the Solar system.
Five astronauts pilot the nuclear thermal rocket powered Pegasus spacecraft on a tour of the solar system. Their mission is a collaboration of the NASA, CSA, ESA and РКА space agencies and takes the crew to Venus, Mars, a close flyby of the Sun, Jupiter's moon Io and Europa, Saturn, Pluto, and the fictional Comet Yano-Moore. Most of the planetary destinations the crew reaches are followed by a manned landing there.
Prior to the mission large tanks of hydrogen were deposited in stable orbits around the planets to allow the crew to refuel to have sufficient delta-v for the multi-year mission.
The crew encounter many hardships and disappointments along the way. A Venus EVA that almost ends in disaster when the lander Orpheus encounters launch delays, the near-loss of the shield during the aerobrake in Jupiter's upper atmosphere (according to the first part of the miniseries) and the loss of samples from Jupiter's moon Io all test the crew's resolve.
The most devastating blow comes when the ship's medical officer dies of solar radiation-induced lymphoma in Saturn orbit, forcing the crew to decide whether to continue the mission to Pluto, or abort and return to Earth. In the original British release, the crew decides to press on to Pluto, making history.

This is the most creative solution to the problem of door to door christians...wish I had thought of it! Now I'm going out to buy a white dress shirt and tie...find the appropriate pin and print up some pamphlets.

I will be discussing the basics of quantum gravity, why it is necessary, and two prominent quantum gravitational theories. In the next video I will apply these theories to cosmology to see how we can clear up the Planck-Era "question mark".
Want to learn more about quantum gravity? Check out these resources:
Loop Quantum Gravity:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/acm/acm.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity
http://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0408048v3
String Theory:
http://www.superstringtheory.com/
Brian Greene, "The Elegant Universe"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory
Music used: Nocturne No. 1 in F Sharp Minor (Rachmaninoff), Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 4 (Rachmaninoff)

Once again, thanks for your patience guys and girls! New videos should be out more frequently from now on. In this video, we look at some outright lies and general creationist assbaggery about Venus, straight from the mouth of the good preacher, Spike Psarris.
Dr. James Kasting's website, with plenty of great research to read, can be found here: http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~kasting/PersonalPage/Kasting.htm
Specifically, the paper of direct interest can be downloaded here: http://www.geosc.psu.edu/~kasting/PersonalPage/Pdf/Icarus_88.pdf
If you don't mind following a little atmospheric science, it's a highly recommended read.
*About Venus' collision:
Of course, we cannot directly observe events in the Solar System which happened millions of millenia ago. Current theory is a product of indirect evidence (such as the retrograde motion or high axial tilt - depending on how you look at it) combined with models for planet formation. It's harder to reconcile Venus with biblical creation though, because your conclusion will be in the region of the creator deliberately attempting to confuse its creation, and stifle their academic progress; hardly a loving act. Studying the atmospheric composition of Venus further will shed some light on its ancient history. I would suggest the greatest puzzles with Venus are its highly circular orbit (also a property of fellow freak planet, Uranus) and the fact that it has no moons (which are thought to be products of catastrophic collisions). The planet may well have formed as the result of two large objects actually 'sticking' together. I myself, and the scientific community have no intention of hiding these questions from the public. But I ask that you remember that a gap in our knowledge about something, particularly with no direct evidence, in no way validates jumping to wild conclusions. Future generations will be laughing at people like Spike even harder than we are now.
If you're interested in seeing some great videos about inconsistencies with the bible, please check out the series entitled 'An Honest Search for the Truth' by holysinecure: http://www.youtube.com/holysinecure
They were kind enough to give me a shout out recently and I'd like to return the favour (but recorded this video before I saw theirs - d'oh!)
Various material in this video was produced by NASA/ESA
All multimedia displayed is done so with fair use intended, for entirely non-profit, non-copyright, educational purposes. If you are the rightful owner of any material within the video and would like me to remove it, please contact me via my YouTube channel.
Music used in this video:
Emotion 98.6 - Mylo
Onyx - Basement Jaxx

One time fellow traveller welcome to the ministry of tspace time and the church of great stdy , I am the very reverend Ordo mundi humble servant of universe, maintainer of the laws of physic and student of the on ething greater than I am. great googly moogly
I like to begin this weeks saying of stuff with a reading from the book of Newton ..change be upon him...a great sage of the astronomers who gave us the lwas of motion so that we may be free from ignorance and live not as morons....And Isacc for that was also his name did set down upon the firmamnet the first law of motion and This law is known as the law of inertia. "A body continues to maintain its state of rest or of uniform motion unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force.. aint it so ...praise the Laws, let me hear ya say praise the laws..can I get a we know ..we know... yes we do
join me now and fill your lungs with a mix of gases from our atmosphere for our hymn today ..Morons are hoping,
Morons are hoping, God is the answer
to all the questions and mysteries too
astronmers study and then know the answers
you can all join us and know them too
Theer really is no god , at least not a person
you are not special hes not watching you
join us if you want to know the answers
join us and be an astronomer too
Mine is the starlight, mine is the knowing
Born of the one light, Universe made
Praise with elation, astronomers who have
studied universe and become sage
Yes morons are hoping , and hope is desperate and will not feed you nor save you from ignorance nor form in your brain the knowing of anything .
But morons ar ehappy ,,happy happy happyy ...and ignorance for many peole is bliss and even if it isnt , some mumbo jumbo vodoo nutta will come along and tell them ..You could be happy , you and you r petty , cosmically insignificant life, could be filled with happines and you personally could experiance a deep fullfullment in a spiritual way that only I and my voodoo bretheren can tell you all about .. just mumble the mumbo after me and you selfish personal happiness needs will be taken care of by god , who even tho he created universe and is currently manifesting his will over infinite time and all things , is personnalluy interested din your salvation, and your happness yes he is ,cos its all about you ..you wonderfully special person you let me hear you say vodooo..voodoo...its voodoo , taking you away from the road , stealling you from the path of study and making you a navel gazing twat, more concerned with ya own smugg self satifaction than doing or knowing anything usefull .. Astronomers may be happy or may not be happy , and your happiness or lack of it may influence universe in many ways ..but I can asure you it will not change the sacred facts , not alter the laws of physics and no amount of happiness will yield or prevent a unified theory of all energy and mass we see , from being discovered..So let us not dwell in the selfish domain of personal fullfillment , there is nothing to saveyou from but ignornce and nobody is listening to yo prayer s but you , so get up of ya knees and come study...remeber many of our revered forebears , galileo , copernicus, kepler, gave up their lives , there comforts their safety and yea even their happiness , to know more about universe than was know already...Ahem ...let us know
OH Universe that is not happy or sad at our coming or going
tho we may be as we know we will come and go
OH Universe that is not fullfilled by our motions or actions
tho we may think upon them and guage them for ourselves
OH Universe that is not concerned with our well being , or survival
tho we may take stock of them to continue our study
OH Universe that cares not for our good deeds or bad
so we may be without like or dislike for them also
OH Universe that is not happy or sad at our coming or going
Reveal the facts , and the laws to us the astronomers
so we may deal with the morons and ignorant savages
bringing them with us on the etrnal road of infinite study
Spacetime
Well thanks for listening , dont forget to vist our website theastronomers.org and help us on our sacred quest to rid the world of ignorance, spread the facts and buy the planet ..remember this is your one time , this is the time of choice , this is the middle of time , here we are and here is where its at..great googly moogly..

One time fellow traveller welcome to the ministry of tspace time and the church of great stdy , I am the very reverend Ordo mundi humble servant of universe, maintainer of the laws of physic and student of the on ething greater than I am. great googly moogly

Morons are hoping, God is the answer to all the questions and mysteries too.
Astronomers study, then know the answers, you can all join us and know them too.
There really is no god, least not a person, you are not special hes not watching you.
Join us if you want to know the answers, join us and be an astronomer too.
Mine is the starlight, mine is the knowing, Born of the one light, Universe made.
Praise with elation, Astronomers who have studied universe and become sage.